Excerpt from The School Hymnary: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes and Patriotic Songs for Use in Public and Private Schools The hymns are entirely unsectarian, and are believed to be adapted both in word and thought to the purpose of worship in song. The tunes may all be sung in unison with good effect, only those having a distinct and agreeable melody being included in the collection. It is desirable, however, that two or more parts of the harmony be sungas soon as the children are sufficiently advanced in musical culture to do this. A few tunes have been arranged for three voices, but the greater num ber for four parts. N o tenor part has been written as that voice is practi cally unknown among school children but, in its stead, an alto part has been arranged, occupying very nearly the position of the tenor in four part music. The bass has been written within comparatively narrow limits to favor the immature powers of recently changed voices. It is recommended that the First and Second Soprano parts be sung by the younger boys and by the girls, according to the natural compass of thei voices. The Alto should be assigned to the older boys whose voices are still unchanged and to those girls who have natural alto voices. All boys whose voices are changing or have changed should sing the Bass. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.